Sakeozo 🍵

Heya, I’m Destiny Slater, a Deaf woman artist & animator from Pittsburgh, PA! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ I make art, comics, and 2D animation exploring queerness, animals, Deaf/ASL, original characters designs, & small stories. Find my work, socials, & projects here: 🍵 sakeozo.com/links

INBOX: Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato says PIT airport does not need ICE agents, and never requested it. She says Trump's orders to have them help with TSA won't help the airport, and she says will just intimidate passengers.

art has always been accessible. go pick up a pencil and learn !!!

@cinnamowor1d @cutecorestar Of course!! Artist supports artist <3

@Sakeozo @cutecorestar thank you! 🙏🩷

Thoughts?

@ranbraden @BrandonRStreams Sorry that happened, that’s frustrating. But “laziness” isn’t a solid explanation. If artists don’t deliver, they lose income & reputation, which isn’t sustainable, too risky. When things go wrong, it’s structure/communication issues or you got scammed by someone faking as artist

@Sakeozo @BrandonRStreams There are numerous instances where a commission is not delivered. And not due to miscommunication but because of laziness. I myself was scammed for several hundred dollars by a person, I'm speaking from personal experience.

Everyone agrees that artists are severely underpaid in the industry. Until an artist opens their commissions on Twitter for prices they *can* live on. Then everyone shames them for not making it affordable to the average person.

@ranbraden @BrandonRStreams Not commonly! Scams are annoying, but it's not the norm with artists. Many artists depend on commissions to survive. From what I've noticed, often “scam” callout is often a miscommunication or bad work structure. Try asking, "Why did it go wrong?" instead of assuming the worst.

@BrandonRStreams Artist then proceeds to not deliver on commission and scams people out of money.

@mrblepp @tonikopantoja If you don't mind me asking, how is that post rage-baiting? I've seen their post before, and they always look like a very normal open art/animation commission post.

@tonikopantoja They aren't high profile. They are rage-baiting with this exact post every month and getting their commissions through that publicity.

there's a lot of smart asses trying to justify why this price range is outrageous, especially using their "industry/studio knowledge/expertise" as a way to support their argument. this would be considered low ball for a very prolific/highly demanded animator.

Anyone else feel like their art style evolved dramatically after a major life event? If so, please show and tell in comment!

@GlensyOne @KatieDaviscourt @TPostMillennial Olive tactical gear, face coverings, and unmarked vehicles match known ICE/HSI field ops. Seattle's SWAT uses grey/blue uniforms & marked vans. No visible patches is consistent with covert ICE/HSI arrests. Sorry but with the current fuckery, I don't trust the DHS anymore lol

@Sakeozo @KatieDaviscourt @TPostMillennial Where does it show that they are ICE agents and not police or SWAT?

🚨New— DHS sources have confirmed to @TPostMillennial that the female subject who was arrested yesterday outside of a frat house at the University of Washington in Seattle was NOT taken into custody by ICE. The incident sparked an emergency anti-ICE Antifa-affiliated rally.

ᐛ👉👉 heheh look at me now I'm my own art style!! The nose!

My animation and ASL font posts did well everywhere, except on X. It's not a coincidence, when a platform feeds you with junks & politics handpicked by Elon Musk, it trains your attention. Losing interest in creative work strips away your humanity. If you never see it, ask why.

A fun, long-overdue animation practice: an ASL sentence featuring my OC from my ongoing graphic novel, How Lovely!~ She signs, "Hi, my name's Hope!" I dropped it because she's not intended for animation, altho I’d love to create animated spinoff of my comic once it's published.

I'm not a fan of this. AI filters like that erases & disrespects the intentional design choices artists make. They also are inherently sexist, racist, & ableist, both socially and practically. I know gen AI generally can’t handle diverse/non-standard faces & traits in games. X_X

@NVIDIAGeForce I'm not a fan of this. AI filters like that erases & disrespects the intentional design choices artists make. They also are inherently sexist, racist, & ableist, both socially and practically. I know gen AI generally can’t handle diverse/non-standard faces & traits in games. X_X

Announcing NVIDIA DLSS 5, an AI-powered breakthrough in visual fidelity for games, coming this fall. DLSS 5 infuses pixels with photorealistic lighting and materials, bridging the gap between rendering and reality. Learn More → nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/…

@cmoney1516735 @MrAndyNgo You’re intentionally misconstruing to defend Ngo’s victim grift, no-profile random name sockpuppet user.

@Sakeozo @MrAndyNgo Lol, yea, these screenshots are the entirety of the evidence, you got em

Antifa accounts are threatening violence on me after their comrades in Texas were convicted in a federal terrorism trial.

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